Case Incident details

Case summary

Sunali Kandi is a 7 year old minor girl studying in class-IV. Her father Ranjan Kandi is a Trolley Rickshaw Puller. On 5.4.2016, the girl had gone to the betel shop on the edge of the village Patalada at about 11.0 AM. While she was coming back one young man Manoj Mallik S/O- Fakir Mallik Aged about 24years of the same village stopped her and gave her some chocolates. He dragged her to a nearby vacant house and kissed her. He told her that he will give her chocolates & money every day and unclothed her panty and raped her. She cried at this paint loudly and some people reached the spot. Seeing the people coming to the spot, the accused fled away. The girl reached her home and informed her family members about the incident crying in inconsolably. Her father took her to the police station and lodged the complaint. While they were going to police station, the accused saw them and threatened with dire consequences if they go to police and lodge complaint.

In receipt of complaint, the police went to the village to search for the accused, failed to locate him. The police officer carrying out the search operation at that time had taken Rs 200/-from the father of the victim. Secondly, the father of the victim requested a person namely: Suresh Charana Bastia to write the complaint. It is found that the FIR was very weak did not describe every aspect of the crime.

It was found that the Police has moved for booking the offences under section 376 of IPC, section 4 of POCSO Act and section 3 of SC & ST PoA Act, 1989.